Enforcement Rules of the Special Education Act Article 4

Each year, after conducting a regular survey of the situation of special education students and preschoolers within its jurisdiction and reporting the number of education placements required, in accordance with Article 8 of the Act, the competent authority at each level shall set up and make use of a special education reporting system for each educational stage and mutually coordinated appropriate links with the reporting systems set up by the competent authorities for health, social affairs, and labor affairs and make details of the general situation of special education public.The annual statistics reports published by the competent authority at each level in accordance with the provisions of Article 8 of the Act shall include the numbers of special education students, preschoolers, and teachers, and related ratios; placements, and expenditures, and other special education reporting items. Special education related data, including data on the implementation of inclusive education for different types of special education at all levels of education, the identification of, placements of, and guidance and support services for special education students and preschoolers, the distribution of special education resources, transition services, and use of funds shall also be analyzed, to be used as reference material for policy planning and resource allocation.A competent authority may commission an educational institution, agency or organization to undertake the setting up and use of the special education reporting system referred to in Paragraph 1.